TX: Illegal Immigrant Holding Center to Double in Size
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Immigration
TAYLOR, Texas (AP) – A Central Texas detention center that holds immigrant children and families could double in population.
A deal between Williamson County and federal officials would add up to 250 women and girls at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor.
Since opening in 2006, the former state prison has held immigrant families awaiting [...]
Student: no free speech on campus
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Top Stories
It’s a shame that students on many campuses are unable to discuss racial issues because the chronically offended have assumed the role of Language Police. According to a report in Inside Higher Ed, Donald Hindley, a political science professor at Brandeis University, used the term “wetback” in reference to illegal immigrants during a class discussion [...]
Black criminal ‘assaulted’ in Colorado leads to ‘hate crime’ search
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
Some black criminal claims to have been assaulted and all of a sudden the police are wasting their resources searching for 2 guys who gave a ‘verbal assault’.
While Fort Collins police were investigating a possible hate crime Saturday, they discovered the black man who was assaulted also had a warrant for his arrest.
The unidentified [...]
Hispanic Supremacists speak out against ‘racism’
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Immigration, Race
WASHINGTON (AP) — A national Hispanic advocacy organization said Thursday it is fighting back against what it considers to be “hate speech” that has emerged from the debate over immigration.
National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguia announced plans to pressure television network executives and candidates seeking their parties’ presidential nominations to clamp down on [...]
Indy Police: 4 Killed in Drug Robbery
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Jim Ellison, Race, Top Stories
INDIANAPOLIS — Four suspects plotted to steal drugs from a house knowing the only adults inside were two women, who were gunned down along with the young children they held in their arms, according to court papers filed Tuesday.
Prosecutors also requested additional time to file formal charges against the four men arrested in the slaying. [...]
‘Hate crime’ increases chance of death penalty
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
Because the victim was black and the perp white, this crime is being called a hate crime and increases the chances of the death penalty. When a group of blacks kills a white person, the same doesn’t apply. Look at the examples of Knoxville, Wichita, and the daily murders of whites by blacks.
Prosecutors say the [...]
News you won’t want to use
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Top Stories
GENEVA – Swiss AIDS experts said Thursday that some people with HIV who meet strict conditions and are under treatment can safely have unprotected sex with non-infected partners.
The proposal astonished AIDS researchers in Europe and North America who have long argued that safe sex with a condom is the single most effective way of preventing [...]
Immigrants bring drug-resistant flu to Europe
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Immigration, Science and Technology
LONDON – A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week.
Data from more than a dozen European countries show that Tamiflu doesn’t work in about 13 percent of H1N1 viruses, the main flu strain causing illness this year. Normally, resistance levels [...]
Berlin dig finds city older than thought
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Top Stories
BERLIN – An archaeological dig in downtown Berlin has uncovered evidence that the German capital is at least 45 years older than had previously been established, authorities said Wednesday.
During excavation work last week in the Mitte district, archaeologists uncovered a wooden beam from an ancient earthen cellar, said Karin Wagner of the city-state’s office for [...]
Hitler-Comic Für Deutsche Schulen
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Nathaniel Bacon in Nathaniel Bacon, Top Stories
German children forced to swallow guilt
BERLIN — Schulen in Berlin und Nordrhein-Westfalen [weitere Bundesländer folgen] versuchen es jetzt mit Comics!
Die Bildergeschichte “Die Suche”, gemalt vom niederländischen Zeichner Eric Huevel und bearbeitet vom Berliner Anne Frank Zentrum, erzählt die Gräuel Hitler Deutschlands in bunten Bildern.
Schüler aus 20 Klassen [13-16 Jahre] lesen ab morgen in Geschichtsunterricht [...]
Jews support hit and run rabbi
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
Last week, for the first time, the word “Nakata” appeared in the pages of Seattle’s Jewish community newspaper, The JT News. The paper (formerly known as The Jewish Transcript) was reporting the conviction of Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz. A little over a year ago, Schwartz accidentally drove his 1991 Oldsmobile wagon into Matthew “Tatsuo” Nakata as [...]
NPD boycotts Nazi victims’ memorial
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Top Stories
BERLIN – Members of a far-right German party boycotted a moment of silence at a state parliament held in honor of Nazi victims Wednesday, the 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s elevation to German chancellor.
The six lawmakers of the far-right National Democratic Party from the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania refused to rise from their seats [...]
Jury: Dad killed baby over broken Xbox
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Hidden Crimes, Race
PHILADELPHIA – A man who spent long hours each day playing video games was convicted Tuesday of killing his 17-month-old daughter when she pulled down his Xbox console.
Prosecutors believe Tyrone Spellman pummeled Alayiah Turman, cracking her skull several times, while her pregnant mother napped in another room in September 2006.
Jurors rejected arguments that Spellman confessed [...]
Eight Somali store operators charged in food-stamp fraud
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Immigration, Race
Eight men who ran four area food markets are accused of abusing federal food programs for the needy at a cost to taxpayers of more than $1.5 million, newly unsealed charges allege.Federal officials announced the indictments and arrests yesterday, though six of the eight men were indicted on Jan. 10 and arrested Friday.
The indictments say [...]
Germans Given Awards For Preserving Jewish History
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Heather Wright in Heather Wright, Israel & Jewish Issues
Berlin – A woman who restored a dilapidated synagogue, a man who set up a Jewish museum and another who started a Jewish genealogical database were among six Germans honored Wednesday for their efforts to preserve Jewish history. The annual Obermayer German Jewish History Awards — funded by Arthur Obermayer, a philanthropist from Boston and [...]
Umpires Mad At MLB For KKK Questions
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Heather Wright in Heather Wright, Race
Umpires are livid that Major League Baseball has sent investigators to their hometowns, asking neighbors a series of questions that include whether the ump belongs to the Ku Klux Klan. “We did not anticipate that they would approach neighbors posing as a close colleague and friend of the umpire’s and asking them questions such as: [...]
The ‘Degenerate Art’ Of The German Language
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Nathaniel Bacon in Free Speech, Nathaniel Bacon, Top Stories
Dozens of words in the German language, from “degenerate” to “final solution” have become taboo because of their use by the Nazis. A new dictionary of Third Reich terms provides a guide through the linguistic minefield.
As if German weren’t hard enough. Three genders, endlessly long words, verbs coming at the end of impossibly rambling sentences.
But [...]
Ex-NFL Player Finds Trouble Again
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Jim Ellison, Race, Top Stories
TULSA, Okla. (Jan. 29) – Former NFL player Alonzo Spellman was arrested Tuesday after Tulsa police fired pepper-spray pellets into his car following a nearly 20-minute chase.
Spellman was booked into the Tulsa County Jail on complaints of eluding, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, resisting arrest and driving without a license, jail [...]
One college in Minnesota stays white
Posted on 30. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Bisharo Iman hoped college in St. Cloud would be different than attending high school there – no more taunts of “Go back to your country” aimed at her Somali dress, no more being slammed into lockers. “I did get away from it – for a while,” said Iman, a junior business [...]
Hate crime not sought after black girls attack house
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
A quiet neighborhood in south St. Louis is shocked by what some are calling a “hate crime”. A homeowner’s garage was spray painted and nearly every window in his house was broken out. FOX 2’s John Gadson has more from the homeowner who believes three teenage girls are to blame. VIDEO & MORE>>>
Haitians eat dirt
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – It was lunchtime in one of Haiti’s worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti’s poorest can’t afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian [...]
Ten-finger Fingerprint Scan To Enter U.S.A.
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Jim Ellison, Science and Technology, Top Stories
Security screening for arriving passengers has been stepped up yet again at American airports with the implementation of 10 finger fingerprint scans.
Last week, Logan airport, in Boston, became the third US airport to install the 10-finger scanners. Dulles airport, which serves Washington, DC, began using the devices in November and Atlanta airport began this month. [...]
White House Taps NSA To Spy Domestically
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Nathaniel Bacon in Nathaniel Bacon, Science and Technology, Top Stories
This past weekend, Washington Post writer, Ellen Nakashimo scored a major scoop>>> on a classified directive, signed by president Bush, that authorizes a “cyber initiative” aimed at protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure against the growing threat of cyber attacks by foreign governments. The initiative is controversial because it places under control of the secretive National [...]
Hitting a nerve on race, stereotypes
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Jim Ellison, Race, Top Stories
One of the first calls Sundeep Bhatia received Monday was from the principal at Dorsey High, a few blocks from his South Los Angeles 7-Eleven store.
Bhatia is the store owner I wrote about Saturday after his 7-Eleven was hit by a group of rowdy kids last week on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. [...]
‘Web of deceit’ traps felon
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Jim Ellison, Race, Top Stories
He gets 40 years for a murder for hire plot and firearm.
TAMPA – A federal jury didn’t believe Robert Covington when he testified at trial that wanting to hire someone to kill his ex-girlfriend was just a joke.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge James Whittemore told Covington that he didn’t believe lots of things the [...]
Brattleboro to vote on arresting Bush, Cheney
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Free Speech, Jim Ellison, Top Stories
BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro residents will vote at town meeting on whether President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should be indicted and arrested for war crimes, perjury or obstruction of justice if they ever step foot in Vermont.
The Brattleboro Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put the controversial item on the Town Meeting Day [...]
Germany Confronts Holocaust Legacy Anew
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Jim Ellison, Top Stories
BERLIN — Most countries celebrate the best in their pasts. Germany unrelentingly promotes its worst.
The enormous Holocaust memorial that dominates a chunk of central Berlin was completed only after years of debate. But the building of monuments to the Nazi disgrace continues unabated.
On Monday, Germany’s minister of culture, Bernd Neumann, announced that construction could begin [...]
Kenyan violence spreads
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
NAIVASHA, Kenya – Some 2,000 people from rival tribes faced off on a main road on Monday in this previously quiet tourist town, divided only by a handful of police who fired into the air to force their retreat.
Some 130 miles away from the violence in Naivasha, in the city of Kisumu on the shore [...]
Canada abandons anti-racism conference
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
OTTAWA (AFP) – Canada on Wednesday bowed out of the United Nation’s 2009 conference on racism in Durban, South Africa, saying it would likely “degenerate into … expressions of intolerance and anti-Semitism.”
Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity Jason Kenney said that, to his knowledge, Canada was the first country to announce it would [...]
‘Evil Racism’ still lurks
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
Many of the region’s minority leaders say North Central Massachusetts still has a long way to go when it comes to giving minorities the same opportunities that whites already have.
“Racism is alive and well.” said Adrian L. Ford of Fitchburg, administrator for the North Central Massachusetts Minority Council. “Racism separates us and divides us and [...]
Australia: Toddlers taught anti-racism lessons
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Race
CHILDREN as young as three are being taught anti-racism lessons as part of the first NSW Government-funded program designed to stamp out bigotry from a young age.
The program will be rolled out at a preschool in western NSW and youngsters will be given regular lessons in tolerance and multiculturalism.
The move comes as NSW councils investigate [...]
2 charged in NYC hate crime cases
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Top Stories
NEW YORK – Authorities arrested a man they say had an arsenal in his apartment and was charged with spray-painting swastikas and spreading fliers reading “Kill All Jews” and “US hates you” around his Brooklyn neighborhood in September.
At a news conference on Sunday, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes said the man, Ivaylo Ivanov, had [...]
Microwaved baby trial begins
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Top Stories
DAYTON, Ohio – Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a woman accused of killing her 1-month-old daughter by burning the child in a microwave oven.
If convicted of aggravated murder, China Arnold, 27, could face the death penalty.
Police investigators believe Arnold killed 1-month-old Paris Talley by putting her in a microwave at her Dayton [...]
2 Charged in NYC Hate Crime Cases
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Jim Ellison in Jim Ellison, Top Stories
NEW YORK — Authorities arrested a man they say had an arsenal in his apartment and was charged with spray-painting swastikas and spreading fliers reading “Kill All Jews” and “US hates you” around his Brooklyn neighborhood in September.
At a news conference on Sunday, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes said the man, Ivaylo Ivanov, had [...]
Arkansas Illegal Crackdown May Set Example For Other States
Posted on 27. Jan, 2008 by Derek Bargeld in Immigration
Good news these days is really rare, but it appears we have some coming from Arkansas. Arkansas authorities are starting to charge people that house or hire illegal aliens. A recent case has brought this to light when immigration agents raided the family business, Acambaro Mexican restaurants. Prosecutors are not only mounting a criminal case [...]
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